International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) Volume: 05 Issue: 10 | Oct 2018 www.irjet.net
e-ISSN: 2395-0056 p-ISSN: 2395-0072
Analysis of Tuned Liquid Damper (TLD) in Controlling Earthquake Response of a Building using SAP2000 Mr. Aakash Bikram Rana1, Mr. Shubhesh Bista2, Mr. Prashant Sunagar3 1,2Alumni,
Dept. Of Civil Engineering, Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India Professor, Dept. Of Civil Engineering, Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India --------------------------------------------------------------------------***----------------------------------------------------------------------3Asst.
Abstract - This project aims to study the effectiveness of Tuned Liquid Dampers (TLD) in reducing the seismic vibration of a building when it is subjected to horizontal sinusoidal excitation. TLD is a water confined container, or simply a water tank, which uses the sloshing energy of water to reduce the dynamic response of a structure when it is subjected to excitation. In this study, a procedure for designing TLD for a building is suggested and a method is proposed to model the TLD in SAP2000 software. Then, multiple analyses have been carried out to analyse the effect of different parameters of TLD which may affect its performance. Analyses are conducted with varying mass ratio, tuning ratio, excitation ratio, number of storeys, position of TLD, etc. The structural response is compared based on maximum base shear, maximum relative acceleration and maximum displacement of top storey. With reference to the results from these analyses, conclusions are derived and recommendations are given for an optimal design of TLD. Keywords: Tuned Liquid Damper, SAP2000, Earthquake Engineering, Modelling, Dampers, TLD
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INTRODUCTION:
Earthquakes are perhaps the most disastrous and unpredictable among all the natural calamities. We have witnessed many high intensity earthquakes which have claimed numerous lives and have damaged an immeasurable amount of properties. They not only pose a threat to humans but also have a tremendous impact on the surrounding including the structures. In such cases where the structures lie in an earthquake prone area, the designers, architects and engineers have to take adequate precautions to safeguard the structures against the effect of earthquake. Many techniques are available to reduce the effect of earthquake on structures. This paper discusses and analyses the applicability of tuned liquid damper in reducing the earthquake effect on building.
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Tuned Liquid Dampers (TLD)
When earthquake forces hit a structure it imparts energy to it which causes vibration, If by any means we can absorb the imparted energy, we can easily reduce the amplitude of vibration of the building. This is usually termed as “damping”. One way of doing this is by facilitating the structure with a “Tuned Liquid Damper (TLD)”. It was first introduced in the 1980s by Bauer and later installed in several other buildings, the recent being One Rincon Hill tower of San Francisco. TLDs are basically a tank partially filled with water or sometimes with sugar solution usually installed on the top of the building. Buildings under earthquake forces starts vibrating at a particular frequency called natural frequency, TLDs are designed to have the same natural frequency so that sloshing of liquid in the tank under external excitation generates antiphase to the building motion as shown in figure 1. TLD acts as a passive energy dissipation device and has following advantages over other damping systems
Figure 1.1: Principle of TLD working
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